Special train to Dhaka for Tagore anniversary celebrations

From renovating Tagore auditoria, establishing new ones in major cities, publishing a book on his paintings to running a special train to Dhaka, the government has drawn up several plans to perpetuate the legacy of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore to mark his 150th birth anniversary. The National Implementation Committee on the Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, which met under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has approved the proposal to run a special train, Sonar Tari Express, named after one of the poet's compositions, to Dhaka August 8 to mark his death anniversary.

The panel, which met Wednesday, July 15 evening, approved the proposal to refurbish the existing Tagore complexes, most of which are in a dilapidated condition, and restore works of art like paintings, sculptures and bronze casts in Visva-Bharati - the university Tagore set up in Santiniketan.

The department of fine arts at Visva-Bharati, Kala Bhavan, is home to nearly 2,000 art works, both small and big. Bulk of the works are housed in Nandan Museum, the official archive founded by Bengal master Nandalal Bose.

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